CaptainCanada wrote:
JD wrote:
Tarzan
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Disney version; immensely underrated. |
I love Disney's Tarzan. It was what introduced me to Phil Collins.
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The 1970s version with, among others, Michael York, is probably the best version at the moment.
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Les Mes
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Mid-90s version with Liam Neeson as Valjean.
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I've actually had this in my Netflix Que since before I started my classics read. I'm a huge fan of Liam Neeson, Claire Danes, Geoffrey Rush and Uma Thurman, so as soon as I saw them in it I added it.
Oliver Twis
Polanski's version was good, for a straight
take; the musical is quite fun, too.
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Ugh, Polanski. After learning what he did, I try not to watch his movies, but I made an exception for Rosemary's Baby, so I guess I might make one for this too.
Sherlock Holmes
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The recent Robert Downey Jr. version is a very fun action-oriented take.
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Saw it and loved it.
For more classical ones, apart from the BBC stuff that everyone recommends, there's a very good 1979 film called Murder By Decree starring Christopher Plummer as Holmes.
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Oooo Gen. Chang!
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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
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50s Disney version.
The only film version that really comes close to the novel (that I've seen) is Kenneth Branagh's early 90s take; it's flawed, but worth seeing.
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I'm a big fan of most of the cast of that one, so it's actually been on my Netflix Instant Que pretty much since I started it. I just haven't gotten around to watching it yet.